Calgary Midnapore
 Alberta 2011)[1] | 111,227 | |
|---|---|---|
| Electors (2019) | 93,458 | |
| Area (km²)[2] | 87 | |
| Pop. density (per km²) | 1,278.5 | |
| Census division(s) | Division No. 6 | |
| Census subdivision(s) | Calgary | |
Calgary Midnapore is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. It has been represented by Stephanie Kusie since she won the 2017 by-election.
Calgary Midnapore was created by the
While Calgary has long tilted rightward, Calgary Midnapore is located in a particularly conservative area of Calgary. Counting its time as Calgary Southeast, it has always been held by a member of the major right-wing party of the day, often by large margins. After neighbouring Calgary Heritage (the former Calgary Southwest), it is the second-safest Conservative riding in Calgary.
Boundaries
Consisting of that part of the City of Calgary described as follows: commencing at the intersection of Macleod Trail S with Glenmore Trail SE (Highway No. 8); thence generally easterly along Glenmore Trail SE (Highway No. 8) to the left bank of the Bow River; thence generally southerly along said bank, including all islands adjacent to the river bank, to the southerly limit of said city; thence southerly, westerly and generally northwesterly along the southerly and westerly limits of said city to Spruce Meadows Way SW; thence northerly along said way and northerly and easterly along James McKevitt Road SW to Macleod Trail S; thence generally northerly along said trail to the point of commencement.[7]
Demographics
In 2013, a total of 111,227 persons lived in the riding's boundaries.[8] Of these, 86,000 spoke English as their "mother tongue" and 1,650 claimed French as their native language.[9] Of the more than 20,000 who spoke English as a second language, or not at all, the next largest group was the over 2,600 who spoke Tagalog (Filipino).[10] The number of residents who spoke English as their first official Canadian language was 107,320, and 1,580 spoke French as their primary official language.
| Panethnic group |
2021[11] | 2016[12] | 2011[13] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||||||
| European[a] | 88,255 | 69.24% | 89,705 | 74.8% | 87,600 | 79.76% | ||||||||
| Southeast Asian[b] | 11,115 | 8.72% | 7,830 | 6.53% | 5,735 | 5.22% | ||||||||
| East Asian[c] | 6,300 | 4.94% | 6,070 | 5.06% | 5,525 | 5.03% | ||||||||
| South Asian | 5,880 | 4.61% | 4,710 | 3.93% | 3,090 | 2.81% | ||||||||
African
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4,445 | 3.49% | 2,710 | 2.26% | 1,685 | 1.53% | ||||||||
| Indigenous | 4,225 | 3.31% | 3,445 | 2.87% | 2,705 | 2.46% | ||||||||
| Latin American | 3,610 | 2.83% | 2,470 | 2.06% | 1,785 | 1.63% | ||||||||
| Middle Eastern[d] | 2,300 | 1.8% | 1,730 | 1.44% | 930 | 0.85% | ||||||||
| Other/Multiracial[e] | 1,340 | 1.05% | 1,250 | 1.04% | 785 | 0.71% | ||||||||
| Total responses | 127,470 | 98.73% | 119,920 | 98.42% | 109,835 | 98.75% | ||||||||
| Total population | 129,110 | 100% | 121,844 | 100% | 111,227 | 100% | ||||||||
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. | ||||||||||||||
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary Midnapore Riding created from Calgary Southeast, Calgary Southwest and Macleod |
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| 42nd | 2015–2016 | Jason Kenney | Conservative | |
| 2017–2019 | Stephanie Kusie | |||
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
| 44th | 2021–present | |||
Election results
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| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Stephanie Kusie | 39,147 | 60.7 | -13.6 | $53,215.73 | |||
| New Democratic | Gurmit Bhachu | 11,826 | 18.3 | +8.8 | $5,943.54 | |||
| Liberal | Zarnab Zafar | 7,947 | 12.3 | +1.3 | $2,023.58 | |||
| People's | Jonathan Hagel | 3,930 | 6.1 | +3.8 | $4,392.73 | |||
| Green | Shaun T. Pulsifer | 868 | 1.3 | -1.6 | $0.00 | |||
| Maverick | Matt Magolan | 812 | 1.3 | − | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 64,530 | 100.0 | – | $122,871.55 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 355 | |||||||
| Turnout | 64,885 | 68.1 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 95,309 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -11.2 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[14] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Stephanie Kusie | 50,559 | 74.3 | -2.87 | $74,411.39 | |||
| Liberal | Brian Aalto | 7,507 | 11.0 | -6.01 | $1,875.42 | |||
| New Democratic | Gurmit Bhachu | 6,445 | 9.5 | +6.97 | $2,059.00 | |||
| Green | Taylor Stasila | 1,992 | 2.9 | +0.75 | $0.00 | |||
| People's | Edward Gao | 1,585 | 2.3 | - | $8,767.66 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 68,088 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 338 | |||||||
| Turnout | 68,426 | 73.2 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 93,458 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.57 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[15][16][17] | ||||||||
| Canadian federal by-election, April 3, 2017 Resignation of Jason Kenney | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Stephanie Kusie | 22,454 | 77.17 | +10.44 | ||||
| Liberal | Haley Brown | 4,950 | 17.01 | −5.64 | ||||
| New Democratic | Holly Heffernan | 735 | 2.53 | −5.20 | ||||
| Green | Ryan Zedic | 625 | 2.15 | −0.51 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Larry R. Heather | 251 | 0.86 | |||||
National Advancement |
Kulbir Singh Chawla | 81 | 0.28 | |||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 29,096 | 100.0 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | - | |||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | 89,436 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +8.08 | ||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Jason Kenney | 42,415 | 66.73 | –9.17 | $67,515.08 | |||
| Liberal | Haley Brown | 14,396 | 22.65 | +16.24 | $11,213.46 | |||
| New Democratic | Laura Weston | 4,915 | 7.73 | –2.82 | $18,349.56 | |||
| Green | Brennan Wauters | 1,691 | 2.66 | –3.77 | $4,520.21 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Peggy Askin | 145 | 0.23 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 63,562 | 100.00 | $226,378.18 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 179 | 0.28 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 63,741 | 73.13 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 87,158 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –12.71 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[18][19] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[20] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 37,022 | 75.90 | |
| New Democratic | 5,145 | 10.55 | |
| Green | 3,138 | 6.43 | |
| Liberal | 3,125 | 6.41 | |
| Others | 346 | 0.71 | |
Notes
- ^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
References
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
- ^ Elections Canada site
- ^ Report – Alberta
- ^ Elections Canada site
- ^ Elections Canada website
- ^ Find a Conservative website
- ^ [Statistics Canada. 2012. Calgary Midnapore, Alberta (Code 48008) and Alberta (Code 48) (table). Census Profile. 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released October 24, 2012. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed August 3, 2015). Statistics Canada website]
- ^ [Statistics Canada. 2012. Calgary Midnapore, Alberta (Code 48008) and Alberta (Code 48) (table). Census Profile. 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released October 24, 2012. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed August 3, 2015). Statistics Canada website]
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- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts".
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
- ^ "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- ^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Calgary Midnapore (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 21, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections